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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Torras. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Torras to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Torras, please Contact Us.


We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Torras (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Torras. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors were in the next parish to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes instead of the parish in which they lived:  their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the east contained birth and death records; the parish to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Torras is historic, it would have been located within present day Pointe Coupee Parish.

To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Pointe Coupee Parish: Avoyelles, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, West Baton Rouge & West Feliciana.

Below are the parishes that are near Torras. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Torras:

  • Plaquemines Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Torras, with the one closest to Torras listed first.
    • Port Eads
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Eads have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Eads
      • Port Eads is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Pilottown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pilotsville ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pilotsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilotsville
      • Pilotsville is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Venice
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venice have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
      • Venice is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Venice <3>
    • Boothville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boothville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothville
      • Boothville is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boothville <3>
    • Buras
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buras have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
      • Buras is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buras <3>
    • Sunrise
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
      • Sunrise is located in Plaquemines Parish

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Torras, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Torras.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Torras:

Cemeteries Near Torras ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Torras.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

  • Boothville Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boothville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boothville Cemetery

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find Torras in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Torras.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Torras, with the one closest to Torras listed first.

  • Port Eads
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Eads have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Eads
    • Port Eads is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Pilottown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Buras
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buras have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
    • Buras is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buras <3>
  • Quarantine ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quarantine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarantine
    • Quarantine is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Sunrise
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
    • Sunrise is located in Plaquemines Parish

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Torras. See our List of 1890's Communities around Torras.

The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Torras, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.









 

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